Yup, been that way since he was in Saskatoon...terrific goaltender, great reflexes, great sense, great lateral ability, total professional, paid his dues...he's gonna be a terrific goalie in this league...

mikey287 wrote:Yup, been that way since he was in Saskatoon...terrific goaltender, great reflexes, great sense, great lateral ability, total professional, paid his dues...he's gonna be a terrific goalie in this league...

mikey287 wrote:Yup, been that way since he was in Saskatoon...terrific goaltender, great reflexes, great sense, great lateral ability, total professional, paid his dues...he's gonna be a terrific goalie in this league...

Remember Varlomov?

Varly is a really good goalie too and played real well down the stretch for Colorado and commanded a huge return because of his upside. He has a lot of Fleury tendencies does Varlamov...Varlamov has one of the best blocker hands in the league, tremendous athleticism, great reflexes on him too.

Let's be honest: nearly every single team in the playoffs is entirely dependent upon their starter. While a few teams are lucky enough to have a good player tied up behind their starter- that has happened more by luck than by any plan. Some jobber signed as a cheap backup gets a chance to start, and goes nuts (cough*Lalime*cough) and then everybody and their brother pretends "OH yeah1! WE KNOWED THAT WAS THE DEAL! OH WE SO SMRT!

If you starter goes down in the playoffs, you are cooked.

The Caps, much as I'd like em to, aren't going to beat the Bruins with their callup goalie.

Here's hoping I have to eat crow. But I'm not going to change my dinner plans around it.

Malkamaniac wrote:He's nothing more than Varlamov for them. Varly came in and stunned people until they had enough sample size to figure him out. The Pens of all teams abused him and his weaknesses.

Different styles. Could be wrong, but Holtby is more mature technically than Varly at the same age by far.

I realize they're different. I just meant solely for the fact that nobody knows about this kids weaknesses yet. It took up until the Pens to realize that Varly's glove was weak so they started shooting at that spot.

Sooner or later Holtby will be figured out and it has nothing to do with being good or bad. The NHL just hasn't seen enough of him in pro games yet. I think.